천안시 식품산업 중장기 발전계획

Abstract

세계 식품시장의 규모는 4조 달러를 넘는 것으로 알려져 있으며, 이는 자동차나 정보통신 시장의 규모를 능가하는 것이다. 식품 시장은 인구 및 소득의 증가에 따라 그 규모가 지속적으로 확대되는 특징이 있다. 최근에는 식품산업을 지속적인 성장이 가능한 미래 유망산업으로 농어업 발전을 견인하고 국가 브랜드 경쟁력 강화에 이바지하는 성장 잠재력이 큰 산업으로 인식하는 경향이 확대되고 있다. 2008년 농림수산식품부가 출범하면서 식품산업 육성을 위한 정책이 본격적으로 입안되고 실현되기 시작하였다. 정부는 2008년 11월 식품산업 발전 종합대책을 발표하였으며, 2011년에는 2단계 식품산업 발전 종합 대책을 발표한다는 계획을 세우고 있다. 식품산업에 대한 정부 정책이 확대되면서 지방자치단체 단위의 식품산업 육성에 대한 관심도 고조되고 있다. 하지만, 지방자치단체의 식품산업 육성 시책은 주로 단기적 개별 사업 위주로 추진되고 있어 지역 식품산업의 장기적 발전을 위한 종합적인 계획을 수립하고 있는 사례는 찾아 보기 어려운 실정이다. 이 연구는 지역 식품산업에 대한 종합적인 중장기 발전 계획을 제시한다는 점에서 차별성을 가지고 있다. 천안의 농업 및 식품산업의 현황과 문제점 분석에 기반하여, 천안 지역 식품산업의 발전 전략을 수립하고, 전략을 실현하기 위한 세부 사업계획을 제시하고 있다.

Cheonan city government is making every effort to boost the local food industry, e.g., hosting the Wellbeing Food Expo in 2009, development of various localized food, etc. The purpose of this study is to present development strategies and prepare long-term development plans for continuous development of the food industry in Cheonan. In particular, one of the key tasks is the development of food industry has to be affilliated to development of agriculture in Cheonan. The farmland area in Cheonan is 15,237 ha which is 0.88% of the nationwide farmland in Korea. The number of farming households is 13,408 which is 6.31% of the number of entire households in Cheonan and 1.12% of the entire farming households in Korea. Production of food crops, vegetables and fruits in Cheonan is 45,659 tons, 31.170 tons and 53,927 tons, respectively, which is 0.75%, 0.33 and 1.87% of the nationwide production, respectively. Farm products in Cheonan are characterized by relatively small scale production of vegetable, but relatively large scale production of fruits. The number of food manufacturers in Cheonan is 570 and the number of employees is 5,317, which is 1.04% and 1.94% of the nationwide numbers, respectively. The number of restaurants in Cheonan is 7,031 and the number of employees is 18,473, which is 1.22% and 1.17% of the nationwide numbers, respectively. Since most of medium-scale food producers in operation in Cheonan use imported agro-products as raw material or a large amount of relatively cheap agro-products, it is hard to connect them with agricultural production in Cheonan. On the other hand, most of localized principal products, e.g., alcohols, chilly pastes and the like are produced with local agro-products, but they are produced by small-scale food producers which have a small influence on local farming. Some of producers' organizations, e.g., Nonghyup(Agricultural Cooperatives), have a plan for restaurant business, but are not relatively highly interested in food production business. Response of environment-friendly product producers' organizations for provision of school lunch is not systematic, so that the system of environment-friendly school lunch prepared with local agro-products is not settled yet. The future of development of food industry in Cheonan is promising, in light that Cheonan is an important place for transportation located near to the capital area, a balanced region of urban and rural districts, abundant local food resources, etc. In particular, with efficient response to changing conditions, e.g., continuous growth of the food market, more demand for healthy foods for wellbeing, spreading environment-friendly diet, etc., Cheonan has a potential that the food industry of Cheonan will be a new growth power for Cheonan. For developing the food industry in Cheonan, it is necessary to set a strategic objective, e.g., organizing a safe food supply system, spreading localized food and diet, cooperating with agricultural, business and industrial sectors in combination, and developing Cheonan as a noted place for healthy food, thus to embody the strategy step by step by means of long-term plans. For developing the food industry in Cheonan, it is necessary to establish and operate a local food center which will lead provision of school lunch, local food, and development of the localized food industry. It is necessary to host the International Healthy Food for Wellbeing Expo to develop Cheonan as a famous healthy food place for wellbeing and to establish a World Ethnic Food Park to create a landmark symbolizing Cheonan's food industry. It is necessary to raise the added values of fruits produced too much by means of joint projects for aging distilled fruit alcohols and to develop various localized foods. Research and development has to be encouraged for localized food for continuous development of the food industry in Cheonan. It is necessary to expand the growth basis for the food industry in Cheonan by creating a large scale food industry complex. The effect of top branded local food of Cheonan will be achieved by promoting the special district project for the Byungchun Soondae Cluster and the Healthy Hodoo(Walnut) for Wellbeing project. It is predicted that the cost of 90.8 billion won will be needed for 10 years from 2011 for boosting the food industry as described above.

Researchers: Gouk Seung-Yong, Choi Ji-Hyeon, Cho So-Hyun and Kang Hye-Jung Research period: 2010. 4. - 2011. 1. E-mail address: gouksy@krei.re.kr